A Gligar appeared in {{PAV|9}} that stole {{adv|Gold}}'s {{p|Togepi}} {{pkmn|Egg}}. With its {{m|Poison Sting}}, it felled both [[Aibo]] and [[Polibo]], then a {{p|Poliwag}}, before being caught by Sudobo, Gold's {{p|Sudowoodo}}, and then attacked by [[Exbo]], and Gold's {{p|Sunkern}}, Sunbo, as it tried to escape. It was then beaten by [[Togebo]], the newly hatched {{p|Togepi}} it tried to eat, waking Gold in the process.

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A Gligar appeared in ''[[PS107|Gligar Glide]]'' that stole {{adv|Gold}}'s {{p|Togepi}} {{pkmn|Egg}}. With its {{m|Poison Sting}}, it felled both [[Aibo]] and [[Polibo]], then a {{p|Poliwag}}, before being caught by Sudobo, Gold's {{p|Sudowoodo}}, and then attacked by [[Exbo]], and Gold's {{p|Sunkern}}, Sunbo, as it tried to escape. It was then beaten by [[Togebo]], the newly hatched {{p|Togepi}} it tried to eat, waking Gold in the process.

Biology

Physiology

Gligar is a small, purple, bat-like Pokémon. It has a single pair of blue wings, which are similar in function to a flying squirrel's, and have pointed claws at the edges of the membranes. Gligar has pincers on its forelegs, and a segmented, insectoid tail with a stinger on the end. Gligar has short hind legs, and feet that appear segmented with a large, single claw each. Additionally, Gligar has long, pointed ears and triangle-shaped eyes, fangs and a large tongue that is often seen out of its mouth. Gligar could be considered a cousin of Skorupi due to its scorpion-like traits; however, it shares some bat-like traits as well, making it similar to Zubat. There is confusion whether the claws on a Gligar's wings and feet are white or purple, since the artwork has differed this way between and even during generations. However, the official artwork from Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver depicts Gligar with purple claws, the same purple as its body.

Behavior

Flying straight at the foe's face, it startles them by clamping on with its clawed hind legs and the pincers on its forelegs, before jabbing with its poison stinger. Gligar also tend to ambush prey as it passes by below. When it is done gliding, it hops along the ground back to its nest.

Gligar glides through the air without a sound as if it were sliding. This Pokémon hangs on to the face of its foe using its clawed hind legs and the large pincers on its forelegs, then injects the prey with its poison barb.

Trivia

Gligar can be seen as a parallel to Sneasel. Both of them are dual-types, have the same base stat total, evolve into Pokémon thatwere introduced in Generation IV, and do so by leveling up at night while holding itemsbothcontaining the word razor.

Gligar is one of only two Pokémon with gender differences that evolves into a Pokémon with no differences between genders. The other is Murkrow.